Minecraft Ventnor: If you know a Minecraft fan, this will blow their minds

For people of a certain age – usually the young – it’s been a fundamental part of their lives.

For those who don’t know: Minecraft is a computer game that allows you to build and explore worlds – Think of it as an unlimited virtual Lego set.

Ventnor’s seafront in Minecraft Chris Gutteridge, who grew up in Ventnor but is now doing terribly clever things with computers at Southampton University, has carried out an amazing feat – he’s built the whole of Ventnor’s seafront in Minecraft.

He’s constructed the whole lot – from the Haven, right through to the Spyglass – all out of 1m blocks. It’s ‘life’ sized, within Minecraft.

As if that wasn’t amazing enough – and it’s only real Minecraft fans that will understand how amazing that is – he’s done the whole lot in Survival mode!

That means that every single block that makes up the beach, the Esplanade and all of its buildings has been ‘mined’ or ‘made’. Oh, and there’s a chance of parts of your hard work being blown up by Creepers.

It’s a mind-blowing task that’s taken him the best part of nine months of evenings to complete. Ask any Minecrafter and they’ll be impressed (unless they’re 14, because obviously nothing impresses them 🙂 ).

Come and see it There’s plenty of opportunity for you all to sample this virtual Ventnor.

If you fall in love with them, there’ll be a limited number that will be available to buy between 11th-16th August.

3) Download it – A week later To give young Minecraft fans a special edge, the public release of Chris’ Minecraft Ventnor world will happen a week later on the 15th August through the dedicated Website.

Chris has created a Website about it that shows some of the views, as well as describes the process he went through.